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STARSHIP TROOPERS Watch-Along!!! 10-25-2011

post #1 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:00pm
Thread Starter 

 

(the watch-along starts proper at Post #45)

 

http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/PKUBPart/starship_troopers_large_02.png

 

http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/PKUBPart/STARSHIPFINAL-1.png

 

Break out your DVDs, digital copies, and blu-rays!  Join us in preventing another Klendathu!!

 

The plan is to do this on Tuesday, October 25th.

 

The time?

 

7:00 pm EST

 

4:00 pm PST

 

2:00 am EEST

(the early early morning of Wednesday the 26th)

 

 

I'm starting this thread at approximately 4:00 pm PST to mark the time for everyone.  If you're interested in doing your part, just glance up at the time I started this thread.  That will be when you should have the movie PLAYING.

 

  1. Go to this website: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
  2. Scroll to the bottom and there will be a clock running on UTC/GMT/Zulu-time (Greenwich Mean time).
  3. Have your movie paused RIGHT AFTER the distributor/studio logos end.  Depending on where you live, the movie may have differently timed logos before the movie officially starts. 
  4. Press PLAY when the world clock hits 23:00:00

 

If all goes as planned, we should all be hearing the drums of Poledouris's score at the same time!

 

I suggest that we have the watch-along in this thread.  The chat-room would be nice, but it doesn't always seem to be reliable for everyone.  It would also be difficult to save our messages for posterity. 

 

 

http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/PKUBPart/clancy-brown-starship-troopers_480x270-1.jpg

 

 

 

The STARSHIP TROOPERS
Drinking Game Corner!
 
Take a drink every time:
 
  • Rico rises in the chain of command due to his superior biting the dust
  • Jake Busey unleashes his toothy grin
  • Denise Richards seductively parts her lips ever so slightly
  • Clancy Brown goes "MEDIIIIIIC!!!!"
  • Dizzy makes a more appealing romantic lead than the actual one
  • Basil Poledouris punches you in the nuts
  • Verhoven says "burgs" on the commentary track
 
More suggestions welcome.

 

*edited to add images provided by Kate


Edited by mcnooj82 - 10/25/11 at 6:44pm
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post #2 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:03pm

I was gonna say that I wanted to know more but it looks like you've got everything covered.

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post #3 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:12pm

Ah I am so excited

 

 

PS McNooj: excellent thread design,  with the logos ETC

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post #4 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:17pm

Participation guarantees citizenship.

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post #5 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:50pm

I'm gonna interrupt my Jurassic Park bluray watching for this!

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post #6 of 441
10/24/11 at 4:58pm
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Remember, everyone... get the movie queued up at least 5 minutes before we hit 23:00:00 !

 

This applies double for me.  I always drop the ball when it comes to punctuality...

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post #7 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:04pm

Have fun! That's an order!

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post #8 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:23pm

::cackling, clapping::

 

(bug squishing scene reference)

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post #9 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:35pm

Damn, will just be getting off work when this little shindig is started, might try and jump in slightly off-time when I'm home maybe..

Miss these watch-alongs. BTiLC was the bomb (in Phantoms, yo)

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post #10 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:36pm
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TREJOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!  Sorry for the inconvenient time!  Hopefully the World Clock site will make it easy for you to sync up with us!

 

EDIT: Adding some drinking game cues on the original post for anyone planning to do that.

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post #11 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:36pm

'Flash Gordon' was a scream.  It'll be hard to top that.

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post #12 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:48pm
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Flash Gordon was a GREAT one to watch-along to.

 

I saw it.

 

I was there.

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post #13 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:51pm

I always thought a Rocky IV watch along would be classic.   The awesomeness of the movie might overwhelm any cognitive thought though.

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post #14 of 441
10/24/11 at 5:58pm
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Rocky IV watch-along must break you.

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post #15 of 441
10/24/11 at 7:06pm

I'd be up for a Rocky IV watchalong. A Commando watchalong would be friggin fantastic as well!

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post #16 of 441
10/24/11 at 7:09pm

'Commando' would be epic.

 

Let's not step on this outing by continuing to bring up other films, though.  Nooj, I'll be here for 'Starship Troopers' if I can.

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post #17 of 441
10/24/11 at 7:20pm

Have you guys had a Batman & Robin watchalong yet? That would likely be quite entertaining.

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post #18 of 441
10/24/11 at 7:28pm
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I love that idea.  I LOVE that idea. 

 

Though I think most people here are too pained to actually watch that movie. 

 

I just crack up the whole time.

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post #19 of 441
10/24/11 at 7:36pm

I am SERIOUSLY heartbroken that I won't make the Starship Troopers watchalong.

 

But as someone who had Joel Schumacher apologize to their FACE about Batman and Robin, I would be first in line for that.

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post #20 of 441
10/24/11 at 9:14pm

Why?  Why did it have to be a Tuesday?  When I have to work late?  WHY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJ????????

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post #21 of 441
10/24/11 at 9:17pm
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It was the last date that was suggested in a previous thread and I just ran with it when nobody suggested otherwise!

 

I'M SORRY, SCHWAAAAAARTZ!!!!

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post #22 of 441
10/25/11 at 5:10am
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Keeping this bumped to maintain visibility! 

 

It's happening tonight!

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post #23 of 441
10/25/11 at 5:30am

Dammit. I have other real life things that'll keep me from this.

 

Maybe next time.

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post #24 of 441
10/25/11 at 5:39am

Space Teen Fascist Force is a go!

 

I repeat, Space Teen Fascist Force is a go!

 

I will do my part. Though I don't think I have enough booze for a full drinking game if all the conditions are applied.

 

 

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post #25 of 441
10/25/11 at 7:23am

I just thought I'd mention, that in an interesting inversion of the HAROLD AND KUMAR 2 set up, one time before a performance of ROMEO AND JULIET starring Emmy Rossum,  I happened to bump into Neil Patrick Harris. At the time I was, as they say, high as a kite, and so it was a slightly surreal and awkward interaction. I congratulated him on STARSHIP TROOPERS, and said it was my favorite role of his. He seemed genuinely pleased I'd singled it out for special praise

 

 

Oh, even better: my sister went to college with Ed Neumeyer's daughter. One day my sister called me up and was like "You'll never guess who is here! The writer of ROBOCOP!*" without dropping a beat, I immediately exclaimed "Ed Neumeyer?!"

 

My sister got me an AUTOGRAPH, and I need to track it down and post a photo because it was awesome: it called me a citizen and said something about the federation, and keeping in the fight. My mom put it some place for me for "safe keeping", but like so many things my mom stores away, she can't lay her hands on it right now (I want to get it framed)

 

 

*my sister's never even seen ROBOCOP..

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post #26 of 441
10/25/11 at 8:17am
The wife unit has committed me to a post-work activity with some of our friends. I will not be able to squash bugs with you this evening. Sorry!
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post #27 of 441
10/25/11 at 8:29am

OK, let's take a roll call 'cause I'm getting a bunch of no-shows in this thread and I'd be willing to take a rain check if it meant for a bigger crowd.

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post #28 of 441
10/25/11 at 8:37am
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post

OK, let's take a roll call 'cause I'm getting a bunch of no-shows in this thread and I'd be willing to take a rain check if it meant for a bigger crowd.



I support watching tonight. It would suck to cancel on the people who had planned their entire evening around it o_o

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post #29 of 441
10/25/11 at 9:09am
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I say we should still go for it tonight.  I fear rescheduling will only end up pushing it back indefinitely. 

 

And I'm more than happy to do do it again anyway.

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post #30 of 441
10/25/11 at 9:56am

OK then. See ya in six.

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post #31 of 441
10/25/11 at 10:14am

Hoping Netflix on my PS will be in-sync enough. Wait, it's on Netflix streaming right?

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post #32 of 441
10/25/11 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by TheCatfishCommander View Post

Hoping Netflix on my PS will be in-sync enough. Wait, it's on Netflix streaming right?



Nope!

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post #33 of 441
10/25/11 at 10:41am

that is thoroughly disappointing news Miss Kate

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post #34 of 441
10/25/11 at 10:49am
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Originally Posted by TheCatfishCommander View Post

that is thoroughly disappointing news Miss Kate



: /

 

I hope you can track down a copy in time for tonight!

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post #35 of 441
10/25/11 at 11:12am
eI could have sworn that I saw it as available on Netflix streaming. I can't access it now, so you may want to double check on your own.
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post #36 of 441
10/25/11 at 11:14am
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I'm sure it was once available on Instant.  But like the Fellowship of the Ring (one my friend complained about it not being there anymore), it's not.

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post #37 of 441
10/25/11 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post

OK, let's take a roll call 'cause I'm getting a bunch of no-shows in this thread and I'd be willing to take a rain check if it meant for a bigger crowd.



Still in.

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post #38 of 441
10/25/11 at 11:44am

Have fun troops, it's a midday workday start for me and I can't swing it. But if the next one is another Saturday morning like the Transformers Watchalong I'll be down like Donkey Clown.

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post #39 of 441
10/25/11 at 11:45am
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I'm in like Dinkey King.

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post #40 of 441
10/25/11 at 12:02pm

World clock site question: how do you get it to sync up? It doesn't seem to display a live countdown. Do you keep rapidly refreshing the page till it ticks over?

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post #41 of 441
10/25/11 at 12:07pm
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It should just be running near the bottom of the page.  No need to refresh the page.

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post #42 of 441
10/25/11 at 1:59pm

Got it! Thanks, McN82

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post #43 of 441
10/25/11 at 3:42pm

I'm still in. The boards are running a little slow for me today, so I'm gonna try and keep up!

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post #44 of 441
10/25/11 at 3:50pm

OK I must now come clean and admit that I've not been terribly careful wth my DVDs the past few years, and so today was unable to locate my SST DVD despite an extensive search. I just moved, and alot of my boxes are now packed into crawl spaces

 

I got a copy out from the library of the infamous DOUBLE SIDED edition, and it looks to be pretty badly scratched. My TOSHIBA A3 HD DVD PLAYER is going strong ( HD DVD, down but not out!) and generally handles scratches well, but these are pretty extensive. I am going to give it a go, and if I get hung up, I will either give up and watch CAPTAIN AMERICA or try to sync back up if I can

 

Just wanted to let you guys know!

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post #45 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:00pm
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I expect the best and I give the best. Here's the beer. Here's the entertainment. Now have fun. That's an order!

 

(special thanks to Kate for the image)

 

http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/PKUBPart/starship_troopers2.png

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post #46 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:00pm
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Are ya'll doing your part?!

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post #47 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:00pm

...And here we go!

 

I'm doing my part!

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post #48 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:00pm

You bet your ass.

 

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post #49 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:01pm
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Drink just because!

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post #50 of 441
10/25/11 at 4:01pm

Apparently, defenses arent THAT good later.

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